WAKOOS CENTRE4CHILDREN LTD

Registered charity 1137968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Wakoos Centre4Children runs two day nurseries along with breakfast and after school clubs for children aged 3 months - 11 yrs old. The nursery sites in Billingshurst and Petworth aim to provide childcare with creative opportunities geared towards independence, fun and learning new skills.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER TWELVE IN THE BILLINGHURST AREA THROUGHA THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ADVICEB OFFERING APPROPRIATE CHILD CARE FACILITIES WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITYC ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREA

Area of benefit: BILLINGHURST

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £42,459 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased salary costs and inflation. Despite the deficit, the trustees report that unrestricted reserves stand at £214,144, which they consider sufficient to cover at least two months of outgoings.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Galloways Accounting. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07180968

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• POTTON, Luke David — director, appointed 20/08/2026on trustee list
• HADAWAY, Daniel Thomas — director, appointed 05/08/2026on trustee list
• WINCENTZEN, Hannah — director, appointed 12/05/2026on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Colin James — director, appointed 22/04/2026on trustee list
• CATION, Jade — director, appointed 24/03/2026on trustee list
• LAKER, Joanna Danielle — director, appointed 19/12/2025on trustee list
• JENKINS, Isabelle — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/12/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Taylor
• Daniel Hadaway
• Hannah Wincentzen
• Isabelle Jenkins
• Jade Cation
• Joanna Laker
• Luke Potton

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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Side by side with its peers

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